Councilwoman Barbara Shanklin, right, and her attorney Aubrey Williams listen to testimony during her ethics hearing at the Metro Hall. Nov. 6, 2012

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For the second time in three years, a Louisville lawmaker will face expulsion from office when Metro Councilwoman Barbara Shanklin goes on trial Tuesday on charges that she violated ethics rules by exploiting her position for personal gain.

Shanklin will be trying to avoid the fate of Judy Green, whom the council voted unanimously to remove in 2011 for ethical misconduct and mismanaging taxpayer money.

Shanklin, a Democratic who has represented the Newburg, Buechel and Norfolk neighborhoods since 2002, will have to win seven votes from the 20-member council court to survive. Fourteen ...